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Soon the morning came, and Sadoka woke up to the sunlight shining in her eyes. She would look around, not understanding her surroundings, before remembering last night and smiled softly. She would hold her pillow tightly in her arms as she giggled and blushed lightly, thanking Jushiro for his kindness in her mind. She would then perk up at an outfit hanging on a closet nearby with a note on it.
It was the classic Shinigami uniform that she had seen about, and she took the note to read it.
' Morning Sadoka, I'm busy doing my duties, so I left you this uniform you can wear after you bathe so you can blend in. There's a map on the back of this letter you can use to make your way around.'
She would then look at the back of the note that had a very well made map of the area she was eager to go about. She would take the uniform and head to shower before changing into it and began to wander around. She looked at all the buildings and people about, making her slightly scared but more interested at the same time. She would then make sure to stay out of everyone's way before accidentally running into someone when she was looking at her map.
She yelped as she stumbled back a bit and muttered," i-i'm sorry."
She cautiously looked up and felt slightly scared by who she saw. The person seemed reasonably young. At least younger than Jushiro looked and had a strange white hairpiece he wore. He had a similar jacket Jushiro had and a white scarf wrapped around his neck. The man looked at her with a blank expression that slightly scared her.
" I don't think I've seen you before. Would you like to tell me who you are?" The man asked curiously.
The girl looked scared by him and quickly rushed off, too scared to answer as she would hide from the man causing him to be confused by her reaction. He would also look a bit stern, not having sensed her until she ran into him, which made him intrigued by the strange little girl.
She gave a relieved sigh when she got away, looking around before being more cautious as she would go. She would notice that no one would see her as she went, which made her wonder why. She would keep this in mind to speak to Jushiro about. She soon finished exploring the place before heading back to the barracks she belonged to. She would see Jushiro coming back and smiled, going up to Jushiro and hugging him before telling him how grateful she was for being able to stay here.
Jushiro would chuckle at this as he petted her head, saying," I'm glad you like it here. I hope it's to your liking."
She nodded before perking up at the man next to Jushiro. He had a ponytail and wore a straw hat. He had stubble, and asides from wearing the same uniform as Jushiro, he wore a pink kimono over it all.
" oh? Who's this cute little thing?" The other man asked curiously to Jushiro, who would smile at the other.
Jushiro gave a small chuckle saying," This is going to be my daughter once i can get all the paperwork for her done. Her name is Sadoka Sasaki. Sadoka, this is my long time friend Kyoraku Shunsui. He's a captain just like me."
Sadoka would nod at this, bowing to Shunsui and saying," Hello there, Captain Kyoraku. It's a pleasure to meet you, sir."
" Hey, no need for the formalities. It's nice to meet you, Sadoka." Kyoraku said with a smile." And please, call me Shunsui."
She nodded, bowing to him again before looking to Jushiro with a big smile. Jushiro smiled back, chuckling lightly as they would all go for a short walk around Ugendo. The girl would get to know Kyoraku, smiling as she soon would happily play with him. The two found the young girl a joy as they would play with her and satisfy her enjoyment. Soon she got drowsy, leaning on Jushiro as they sat at the koi pond. Jushiro was drinking tea while Kyoraku drank sake, which the girl didn't know what it was.
The girl would be sound asleep in Jushiros lap, snuggling into him.
Kyoraku chuckled at this, saying," she really seems to have gotten attached to you, huh."
"With what she has been through, I would expect as much," Jushiro said with a gentle smile.
"Are you sure you want to go with it?" Kyoraku asked with a stern expression." Taking her in and everything, I mean?"
Jushiro would simply nod, determined to go through with his idea, saying," yes, I am. I am doing this out of care for her, but she seems to have potential purposely being sealed away. I would like to help her unlock it."
"I see, well, if you want to go through, I won't stop you. Just know I won't be taking care of babysitting her when you can't," kyoraku said with a smirk to Jushiro, who just chuckled.
The two would then enjoy the rest of their evening before they parted ways, Jushiro helping tuck Sadoka in before he would go to bed.
The next day, Jushiro finished the paperwork for adding Sadoka to his family, which became hot news around the Seireitei, especially with Kiyone and Sentaro. The two had had a completely different idea of what the man had meant about adding to his family.
Many shinigami would confront Jushiro about the news. At the same time, Sadoka would always hide from everyone and make sure no one saw her. Byakuya was one of the many captains who would confront Jushiro about the news.
" So, you adopted someone from the Rukon district, similar to me." Byakuya said simply, seeming intrigued as to the reasoning behind it." why would you do that?"
Jushiro simply smiled, saying," i guess i found someone who seemed essential to me and unique to me."
Byakuya would simply nod, finding his response interesting.
" Does this young girl you added to your family happen to not have any s that can be sensed?" The man asked curiously, which surprised Jushiro.
" not normally spiritual pressure, yes. Why the sudden question? Did you happen to meet her?" Jushiro asked curiously.
Byakuya would nod, finding the situation interesting, saying," Yes... She ran into me on, I believe, her first day. I never noticed her presence until she ran into me."
"I see. Then you have also experienced a strange situation with the girl." Jushiro sighed." she has a seal on her blocking her spiritual pressure causing her to have none. I was going to communicate with Head Captain Yamamoto about this later. See if I can remove the seal."
Byakuya would simply nod, saying," i see. I hope you the best of luck on getting the seal removed on her."
Jushiro would simply nod, going on to answer more people's questions, and such as the news began to get more frantic with everyone.